feculent
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fec·u·lent
/ ˈfekyələnt/
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adj.
of or containing dirt, sediment, or waste matter:
their feet were slipping on the feculent bog.
DERIVATIVES: fec·u·lence n.
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Violating nature's laws. (animal feeds that are not natural to the animals' diet)
Newspaper article from: Nutrition Health Review; 1/1/1990; 300 words
; ...Its particular function is to rid the body of putrefying waste matter in a short period of time. The vegetarian animals, herbivores...herbivorous animals. Digestive processes, transit time of waste matter, and metabolization are not much different. The human race...
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Slowing down may be inevitable, but good health need not be affected.
Newspaper article from: Nutrition Health Review; 9/22/1990; 264 words
; ...foods. Metabolism, the process of using vital nourishment from foods, varies in relation to speed of aging. Excretion of waste matter is another indication of the aging body's varying ability to function optimally. The flow of blood through the intestines...
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These days, we have criminals who refuse to take stuff home.(Columns)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 12/8/2002; 700+ words
; ...allow the dog, except for Seeing-Eye dogs, to deposit solid waste matter on any improved property other than that of the dog owner...park rules were mildly clearer: No dog may deposit solid waste matter on any improved park property unless the dog's owner immediately...
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Gadgets can make writer's life easy, only if they work.(Commentary)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 12/8/2003; ; 468 words
; ...repeated rebooting and several sharp slaps to the CPU. I call technical support. Technical support explains that I am in deep waste matter and must reinstall the operating system. This, in turn, will require me to reinstall all my software and hardware. Crying...
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Electricity from soggy teabags.
Newspaper article from: Cumbernauld News (Cumbernauld, Scotland); 2/15/2008; 491 words
; WASTE matter will soon be getting used to create electricity at a facility in Cumbernauld. Scottish Water's recycling facility at Deerdykes...
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Into the cave.(Short Story)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 7/1/2005; ; 674 words
; ...Grandfather. Stubborn, old-fashioned Grandfather, who refused to use anything but guano to fertilize his crops. Guano, the waste matter of bats. Lately, Grandfather had been coming here by himself. But now he was too weak to do the whole job. Grandfather could...
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Exploring the benefits of composting a correctional facility's food waste.
Magazine article from: Corrections Today; 4/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...recycling food scraps and soiled paper such as napkins through composting. Composting is a natural process that converts organic waste matter into humus, a valuable soil product which can be sold or kept on the institution's grounds for agricultural uses. By composting...
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Mono NOV.(FOODEX MEATEX)
Magazine article from: Food Trade Review; 2/1/2008; 161 words
; ...Mono will be promoting its range of Munchers at the show, which provide a reliable method of macerating food and organic waste matter into a small and consistent particle size. Munchers can be combined with a Mono pump to create a complete packaged solution...
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Eat your way to good eyesight. (Vision).(nutrition research)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine); 10/1/2002; 238 words
; ...progression. * Stop smoking. Smoke restricts blood flow throughout the body and interferes with the eye's ability to cleanse waste matter. Smokers have a 50% greater risk of developing advanced AMD. * Maintain a diet low in fat. A high-fat, high-cholesterol diet...
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Hidden evidence: latent prints on human skin. (fingerprints)
Magazine article from: The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...allows movement and, hence, possible distortion of fingerprints. As the skin regulates the body's temperature and excretes waste matter through perspiration, latent prints can be washed away. In addition to these natural changes, the skin of homicide victims...
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feculent
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
feculent • abeyant , mayn't • ambient , circumambient • gradient , irradiant, radiant • expedient...virulent • purulent • ambulant , somnambulant •coagulant • crapulent • flatulent •feculent • esculent • petulant •stimulant ...
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cross-current
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
...virulent • purulent • ambulant , somnambulant •coagulant • crapulent • flatulent •feculent • esculent • petulant •stimulant • flocculent • opulent •postulant • fraudulent...
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couldn't
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
...virulent • purulent • ambulant , somnambulant •coagulant • crapulent • flatulent •feculent • esculent • petulant •stimulant • flocculent • opulent •postulant • fraudulent...
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coagulant
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
...virulent • purulent • ambulant , somnambulant •coagulant • crapulent • flatulent •feculent • esculent • petulant •stimulant • flocculent • opulent •postulant • fraudulent...
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concupiscent
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
...virulent • purulent • ambulant , somnambulant •coagulant • crapulent • flatulent •feculent • esculent • petulant •stimulant • flocculent • opulent •postulant • fraudulent...
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